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The Michigan Messenger going forward

By Staff Report | 11.16.11

I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]

Colorado-based abstinence program provided false and misleading information to Michigan students

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.16.11

An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.

Class action lawsuit filed against MERS over unpaid taxes

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.15.11

Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.

Schuette fights important mercury regulations

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By Eartha Jane Melzer | 11.14.11

Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.

Posts Tagged Assassination Plot

Meth trafficking is key funding source for white nationalists

By Todd A. Heywood | 08.26.08 | 11:58 pm

Leading anti-racist organization says the drug, found on arrestee in Obama plot, is clue

Plot against Obama continues to unravel in Colorado

By Todd A. Heywood | 08.26.08 | 5:16 pm

Federal and local authorities in Colorado continue to unravel an alleged plot to assassinate Sen. Barack Obama at Invesco Field in downtown Denver on Thursday night. And the posters on the white nationalist Web site Stormfront message board continue to distance their movement and deny involvement in any such plot, referring to those arrested as [...]

Updated: White nationalist Web sites fired-up with conversation about alleged Obama assassination plot

By Todd A. Heywood | 08.25.08 | 10:58 pm

As news began to build about an alleged plot to assassinate Sen. Barack Obama, the white nationalist Web site Stormfront.org saw 20 posts in two hours. The early posts expressed shock that police and federal authorities had not immediately accused white nationalists of the crime.